The Days of Our Ridazz.

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An Oregon lawmaker thinks not, and has proposed a law requiring cyclists to pay a $54 registration fee every two years. A Portland bike blog interviewed the lawmaker in question, who explained the proposal this way: “Bikes have used the roads in this state forever and have never contributed a penny. The only people that pay into the system are those people who buy motor vehicle licenses and registration fees.”

I say go for it, I mean based on Oregon's track record, they would seem to allocate the collected funds quite appropriately.

Unlike our state, that after six years, still isn't getting it's figurative shit together and drives itself further down the hole.
I'm still longing for the day when this state is split in two, Sacramento's been stretched too far.

I believe that the majority of road (not highway) maintenance fees are paid through local taxes, so cyclists definitely contribute.

More importantly, cyclists use vehicles on these roads that weigh around 30 pounds or less. Motorists use vehicles that weigh upwards of 5000 pounds. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that cyclists cause an almost negligible amount of wear on surface streets compared to cars, and have been paying WAY more than their fair share of road maintenance fees.